Pentagon Says 140 US Troops Wounded In Iran War, 8 Severely Injured

Closing Updated:March 11, 2026, 00:38 IST

That is the principle respectable perception into the toll of accidents which were sustained by US troops after retaliatory attacks from Iran.

The US Department of Defence on Tuesday said that about 140 American troops were wounded in Operation Fable Fury in opposition to Iran, adding that eight squaddies were “severely injured.”

In an emailed assertion, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, “The mountainous majority of these accidents were minor, and 108 carrier members agree with already returned to responsibility.”

“Eight carrier members live listed as severely injured and are receiving the absolute most reasonable stage of health center treatment,” he added. This is the first insight into the toll of injuries that have been sustained by US troops after retaliatory attacks from Iran that have also claimed the lives of seven soldiers in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

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Reuters earlier reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, that as many as 150 US troops were wounded in the war. The types of injuries and whether they include traumatic brain injuries was not confirmed.

Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against US military bases since the start of the conflict on February 28. It has also struck diplomatic missions in Gulf states, as well as hotels and airports and damaged oil infrastructure. The Pentagon says the number of Iranian strikes has fallen sharply since the start of the war, as the U.S. military bombs Iran’s weapons inventories and targets Iran’s more limited number of missile launchers.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US military is acting to dismantle Iran’s missile production infrastructure, adding that US B-2 bombers dropped 2,000-pound bombs targeting missile sites. She said the US Army had destroyed more than 50 Iranian naval vessels, including a major drone carrier ship.

Earlier, the Pentagon identified the seventh US service member killed in combat during the war against Iran as Army Staff Sergeant Benjamin N Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, who died after an Iranian attack at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia on March 1.

Prior to that, six American service members had been killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran. The fatalities resulted from a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift tactical operations center at the civilian Shuaiba port in Kuwait last week.

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